At least 60 people were killed when gunmen attacked a packed concert venue on the outskirts of Moscow. “The bodies of the deceased are currently being examined. It is provisionally established that more than 60 people died in the terrorist attack. Unfortunately, the number of victims could rise,” said the Investigative Committee charged with overseeing …
Gunmen went on a shooting spree with automatic weapons just before a rock band was to perform at the Crocus City Hall.
It was the deadliest attack in Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege
The evacuation of people from the concert hall is ongoing.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack on the Moscow concert hall Friday that left at least 40 people killed and over 100 civilians injured. The group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement Friday evening shared by SITE, an intelligence group. Russia’s Health Ministry released a list of 145 people injured,
Did Russian President Vladimir Putin overplay his hand? Only five days after Putin breezed to another six-year term in power following a heavily stage-managed election, Russia suffered its deadliest terrorist attack in decades. At least 140 people died when attackers stormed Crocus City Hall, a shopping and entertainment complex on Moscow’s northwestern edge, first raking concertgoers with gunfire and then setting the venue ablaze. Putin’s near-immediate response to Friday's attack was to blame...
Russian officials persisted Tuesday in saying Ukraine and the West had a role in last week’s deadly Moscow concert hall attack despite vehement denials of involvement by Kyiv and a claim of responsibility by an affiliate of the Islamic State group. Without offering any evidence, Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Federal Security Service, or FSB, […]
Russian officials persist in saying Ukraine and the West had a role in last week’s deadly Moscow concert hall attack despite vehement denials of involvement by Kyiv and a claim of responsibility by an affiliate of the Islamic State group. Without offering any evidence, Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Federal Security Service, followed similar allegations by President Vladimir Putin, who linked the attack to Ukraine even as he acknowledged the suspects who were arrested were “radical Islamists.”...
Assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on Friday and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing over 60 people, injuring more than 100 and setting fire to the venue in a brazen attack just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on power in a highly orchestrated electoral landslide.
MOSCOW (AP) — Islamic State group claims responsibility for Moscow attack
The Islamic State terrorist group claimed responsibility for a horrendous attack on civilians at the Crocus Concert Hall in Moscow, the capital of Russia. Early reports said that four armed terrorists went on a murderous rampage at the concert hall as attendees fled in horror. Videos on social media captured some of the carnage, including civilians being shot at point-blank range. The militants set off grenades and other explosives that caused the hall to catch on fire. Later, the roof of...
In breaking news out of Moscow, a shooting attack has left at least 40 dead and over 100 injured, according to Russian state news agencies. The attack occurred at a large concert venue northwest of central Moscow. Russian officials say several gunmen fired automatic weapons at the crowd. A fire also started inside the venue. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility, via an ISIS-affiliated account on Telegram, but without providing proof.